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The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle (First Generation) by Stephen Windwalker
Join 30,000 other Kindle owners who have unlocked all the pleasures to Kindle ownership by downloading Stephen Windwalker's premier guide for Kindle owners. This full-length book is over 50,000 words -- the equivalent of 192 "print on paper" pages -- but it is a snap to navigate with a link-enabled table of contents and a detailed, link-enabled FAQ section.Windwalker's guide was the first full-length book about the Kindle for Kindle users, and it remains the gold standard with all the tips included in the other, shorter, more expensive books that have followed it. If you are trying to make a decision about which Kindle guide is right for you, be sure to try a free sample of this book on your Kindle by clicking on the yellow button above. Once you've checked the table of contents and seen the extensive reach of the information provided by Windwalker as well as its ease of navigation and clear writing style, your decision will be a snap.Written for serious readers as well as early adopters and "gadget heads", it is now also available in a handy paperback the perfect accessory for a Kindle owner who wants to use it alongside his Kindle or the prospective Kindle buyer seeking to complete her due diligence before making a purchase.For more information see the Harvard Perspectives Press website at hppress.blogspot.com or the webpage for this book at kindleusers.blogspot.com.For authors and independent publishers who want to make the most of the Kindle publishing opportunity, you may want to consider the 2-for-1 offer of this book with "The Complete Step-by-Step Guide To Publishing Books, Articles & Other Content for the Amazon Kindle" to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email-Using Google Reader to Read Your Favorite Blogs on the Amazon Kindle-How to Get Free Content for Your Kindle with ManyBooks, Gutenberg and Over a Dozen Other Services-Traveling with Your Kindle-Complete Kindle Keyboard and Menu Shortcuts-The Kindle as a Writing, Editing, and Publishing Device-Taking Notes on the Kindle - It's All in the Thumbs-Annotation within a Kindle Document-Google Notebook-Annotating Your Working Documents-Writing and Annotation to Email-Saving, Printing, Editing and Working With Your Kindle Clippings, Annotations, and Highlighted Text-The Care and Feeding of Your Kindle's Battery-The Reset Button is Your First Tech Support Option-Access Wikipedia More Quickly and Smoothly-Using "Locations" to Figure Where You Are in a Kindle Edition-Buying and Sampling Content for Your Kindle From the Amazon Kindle Store-Updating the Latest Version of Your Kindle’s Operating Software-Adding an SD Card to Your Kindle-Getting Help with Your Kindle-Managing Your Kindle Content-The Amazon Kindle Basic Web Wireless Why It Is a Revolutionary Feature, and Why Amazon Should Keep It Free or Cheap-Using the Kindle to Translate Foreign or Technical Words and Phrases-Making the Most of Your Kindle Connections Overseas or in a Sprint Wireless Dead Zone-Using the Kindle as a Travel Guide-The Kindle and GPS - Intriguing but Frustrating-Checking Sprint Wireless Coverage for the Kindle-Downloading Kindle Editions Via USB Cable-20 Steps to Publishing a Kindle Edition of Your Book or How to Use Kindle, Amazon and the Web to Market Your Book and Connect with Readers-How Many Kindles? Estimating the Current and Future "Installed Base," and Why It Is Important-The Golden Age of Kindle 2.0 and Kindle Reading Subscriptions, Kindle Buffet, Shop the Amazon Store Through a Kindle Gateway, A Big Tent for Kindle Content Availability On Other Devices, Shop and Play Amazon Music and Audio, Folders and/or Labels, Size, Location and Configuration of Bars, Buttons, and Switches, Writeable Screen, Green Tax Credit, and More
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October 4, 2012
While I liked the previous Kindle 2 edition of this book, I didn't like this edition as much. I can see the logic in having one source of reference to supplement all the most current models of Kindles. However, the result is a less thorough book. This book generalizes much more than its predecessor. I missed all the specific extras of the type mentioned in the previous edition. Lastly, what really bothered me was the number of typos and misspellings. I don't remember there being so many errors in my previous edition.
April 29, 2009
I wouldn't recommend trying to use your Kindle as a web browser. And apparently, if you load pictures on it, you just gunk up the function. So if you don't need to learn these things, the only reason to read this book is if you want to learn how to publish your own book direct to Kindle. Or if you love Kindle and Amazon so much, you want to spend a few hours in a big lovefest over them. I got this book to learn more about my Kindle, but I didn't find it to be very helpful.
January 4, 2010
If you have a Kindle and are totally new to E-books without a friend to push you along I'd recommend this to get yourself caught up to some of the online resources available to you. Calibre and the database of public domain books alone were worth the purchase price.
April 24, 2010
Too much "Oh, Wow!" and not enough How-To. An index would help. Most of the ALT key shortcuts described didn't work on my Kindle. I don't know whether the problem is with my Kindle, my operation of the Kindle, or the book.
October 19, 2008
Pretty solid overview of the Kindle. It's easier to read than the User's guide that came with the Kindle, but didn't have too much information that you couldn't get from the Kindle User Guide .
March 11, 2009
A very comprehensive guide and a "must-have" for anyone using the Kindle 2.
May 2, 2013
Awesome book chucked full of great tips for Kindle 2 users. If you have a Kindle tis book will help you get more out of it!!
September 1, 2010
...it's more useful than the user's guide that comes loaded onto the Kindle. seldom refer to it any more (read prior to date indicated)
February 23, 2011
Most user's guides seem to be a reiteration of the official guides. However, this one is worth the read. I got a lot out of it and understand much more about my Kindle 2.
December 26, 2011
Hardly complete and far too much of the book is used as promotion for their other books. Might be useful to a newbie who can get it for free, but otherwise is a complete waste of e-ink.
October 19, 2012
This book pretty much covers the bases on the Kindle. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Kindle and more.
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